Transtype SE 2.5 for Windows User Manual
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TransType se Mac, PC, PostScript, TrueType – basic font converter User’s manual for windows TransType SE Copyright ©1992-2005 by Fontlab, Ltd. All rights reserved. Cover illustration: Paweł Jońca, pejot.com No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the publisher. Any software referred to herein is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license. FontLab, FontLab logo, ScanFont, TypeTool, SigMaker and AsiaFont Studio are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FontLab, Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, the Apple Logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. 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User manual release 2.5 [2/2005] 2 Contents Cont ent s CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 5 USER INTERFACE 7 Source Fonts List 8 Destination Fonts List 10 Pop-up Menus 11 Command Buttons 12 CONVERSION PROCESS 13 Converting a Sample Font 14 Adding Fonts to the Source List 18 Adding Macintosh Fonts 20 Associating PostScript Data Files 21 Removing Fonts 22 Previewing Fonts 23 Setting Conversion Options 25 General Conversion Options 26 Destination File Options 28 PC to Macintosh Conversion 30 TrueType Fonts 31 Changing Font Format 32 Reencoding 33 Symbol Encoding 34 Unicode Mapping 34 Defining the Source Encoding 35 Defining the Destination Encoding 37 Customizing Suitcases 40 Type 1 Fonts 48 Changing Font Format 48 Reencoding 49 Metrics Files 52 Multiple Master Fonts 53 Suitcases 57 TransType SE Bitmap Fonts 58 Macintosh to PC Conversion 59 Macintosh Font Preparation 60 Single file MacBinary or BinHex intermediate format 61 E-mail with attached font(s) 61 PC formatted diskette, ZIP or MO disks 62 MacDrive utility and Mac formatted disks or CDs 62 Through special networking utilities and some Networking Operating Systems 63 Single Macintosh StuffIt archive 63 TrueType Fonts 64 Type 1 Fonts 65 TrueType<->Type 1 Conversion 66 Type 1 Options 67 General Type 1 Options 67 Metrics Options 68 Macintosh Suitcase Options 69 TrueType Options 70 General TrueType Options 70 Embedding And Identification Options 73 FontLab (VFB) Font Conversion 75 Other Types of Conversion 76 TECHNICAL DETAILS 77 Type 1 Fonts 78 TrueType Fonts 79 Customizing Codepages 80 BIBLIOGRAPHY 81 SUPPORT 83 A NOTE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 85 APPENDIX A BASICS OF DIGITAL FONT ORGANIZATION 87 Definitions 88 4 Int r o du c t io n TransType is a TrueType and PostScript Type 1 font conversion utility. It can convert PC fonts to Macintosh, Macintosh fonts to PC, Type 1 fonts to TrueType and TrueType fonts to Type 1. Moreover it can do platform and format conversions at the same time. There are several important features that make TransType different from other font conversion programs: 1. TransType correctly converts fonts with Roman and non-Roman encoding and allows you to select both source and destination encoding while you convert fonts in either direction (PC–>Mac, Mac–>PC, TrueType–>Type 1, Type 1–>TrueType). The font- previewing feature helps select proper encodings. 2. TransType automatically controls the building of font suitcases when you convert families of PC fonts to Macintosh. You can move fonts from one suitcase to another, but in most cases it’s unnecessary – TransType does it for you. 3. TransType can automatically generate bitmap fonts when you convert to Macintosh Type 1 format. 4. TransType can convert multiple master Type 1 fonts either into single master or into multiple master Type 1 fonts or into TrueType fonts for any platform – PC or Macintosh. TransType SE 5. You can quickly and easily preview the fonts that are not installed in your System. 6. TransType can convert from VFB (FontLab’s internal format) into TrueType or Type 1. 7. TransType can also accept fonts in .sit archives created with StuffIt Deluxe – a popular Macintosh file archiver. 8. TransType can read or write Macintosh files in industry-standard MacBinary or BinHex formats. Windows computers can’t read native Macintosh files, but with TransType you can import or export these specially formatted Macintosh files on your Windows computer and use them immediately. TransType can also directly open Macintosh files if they are saved on a PC-formatted diskette or Zip disk, or are copied to a PC computer from a Macintosh through a network connection. If you are using MacDrive® you can access Macintosh- formatted media supported by MacDrive. In this document we assume that you have a basic knowledge of computer fonts, font formats and encodings. Refer to documents from the Bibliography section for more advanced information and to Appendix A for the basics. Note: Here and later, when speaking about font formats, we use the words PC and Windows as synonyms. 6 User Inter fac e TransType’s Main Window consists of several parts: the Source and Destination lists, the Legend fields and the Command buttons. TransType Main Window TransType SE So u r c e Font s List The Source list contains the names of the fonts (PC and Macintosh in TrueType, FontLab (VFB) or Type 1 formats) that you are going to convert. You can convert all different kinds of fonts in one step and TransType will automatically convert Macintosh fonts to PC and vice versa. TrueType will be converted to TrueType and Type 1 to Type 1 by default. Source Fonts List As you can see, the presentation of different kinds of fonts in this list depends on the font’s platform and type. The following icons are used: Macintosh font suitcase. Click on the icon (or the plus sign to the left of the icon) to see the contents of the suitcase. Click with the Ctrl key depressed to open all the suitcases. Click again with the Ctrl key down to close them all Macintosh Type 1 font (‘post’ resource) usually referenced by the font suitcase. It is possible to add a Macintosh Type 1 font without the corresponding suitcase Macintosh multiple master Type 1 font Macintosh TrueType font (‘sfnt’ resource) inside a font suitcase PC (MS Windows) Type 1 font (usually has PFB extension) PC (MS Windows) multiple master Type 1 font (usually has PFB extension) PC (MS Windows) TrueType font (usually has TTF extension) FontLab 3 or FontLab 4 font in VFB format (usually has VFB extension) 8 User Interface The Source list has two main columns: the font file name and the font name. Note: If you see the text “<sfnt>” instead of the file name it means that this is a ‘sfnt’ resource located inside a Macintosh font suitcase and doesn’t have its own file name. To the right of the font name you will see style icons, which give you the information about the font’s style. Only 4 main styles can be recognized: Font is Italic Font is Bold Font is Bold Italic Font is Plain The Legend panel is located below the Source list. It includes a short description of the currently selected item: You can show or hide the Legend panel by clicking the triangle at the left. Multiple selections are implemented in the Source list to make it possible to manage several fonts at once. Use the Shift or the Ctrl key to select more than one item in the list. Then right-click on the selection instead of using the pop-up menu buttons at the right of the font names. 9 TransType SE De st i na t i o n Font s List The Destination fonts list is located in the right part of the TransType Main Window: Destination Fonts List The Destination list contains the names of fonts as they will look after conversion. If you are converting PC fonts to Macintosh it will contain Macintosh font suitcases that will be automatically generated by TransType. If you convert Macintosh fonts to PC, then you’ll see “virtual” font suitcases that will contain PC font files united into a font family for easier maintenance in TransType. Click or Ctrl-Click on the icon (or the plus sign to the left) to open these suitcases and see their contents. Icons in this list have the same meaning as in the Source fonts list. Multiple selections are implemented in the Destination list too. Use the Shift and the Ctrl keys to select more than one item in the list. The Destination list also has a Legend panel located below which contains a brief description of the selected item. 10 User Interface Po p- u p Menu s The items in Source and Destination lists may contain pop-up buttons ( ) located at the right of the font and suitcase names.